But who's flying the plane? Integrating UAVs into the Canadian and Danish armed forces
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But who's flying the plane? Integrating UAVs into the Canadian and Danish armed forces. / Schaub Jr, Gary John; Kristensen, Kristian Søby.
In: International Journal, Vol. 70, No. 2, 20.02.2015, p. 250-267.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - But who's flying the plane?
T2 - Integrating UAVs into the Canadian and Danish armed forces
AU - Schaub Jr, Gary John
AU - Kristensen, Kristian Søby
PY - 2015/2/20
Y1 - 2015/2/20
N2 - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members such as Canada and Denmark have transformed their military forces to better engage in expeditionary warfare. They are incorporating advanced technologies to find and strike targets precisely from great distances at little risk to themselves. The persistence of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) represents the next step in modern airpower's long-range reconnaissance/precision strike complex and has transformed ground operations. Nonetheless, operational requirements in Afghanistan caught Canada and Denmark flat-footed. Ultimately, Canada effectively used UAVs while Denmark could not. Moreover, neither state has a UAV capability beyond small tactical systems (although each has plans to develop or join in the development of larger ones). The Canadian and Danish experiences suggest that ground forces are most likely to acquire and integrate small UAVs into their force structures and concepts of operation and that the air forces of small- and medium-sized Western countries will likely do so only in cooperation with others. It is here that the Canadian and Danish UAV paths may yet again cross.
AB - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members such as Canada and Denmark have transformed their military forces to better engage in expeditionary warfare. They are incorporating advanced technologies to find and strike targets precisely from great distances at little risk to themselves. The persistence of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) represents the next step in modern airpower's long-range reconnaissance/precision strike complex and has transformed ground operations. Nonetheless, operational requirements in Afghanistan caught Canada and Denmark flat-footed. Ultimately, Canada effectively used UAVs while Denmark could not. Moreover, neither state has a UAV capability beyond small tactical systems (although each has plans to develop or join in the development of larger ones). The Canadian and Danish experiences suggest that ground forces are most likely to acquire and integrate small UAVs into their force structures and concepts of operation and that the air forces of small- and medium-sized Western countries will likely do so only in cooperation with others. It is here that the Canadian and Danish UAV paths may yet again cross.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - UAV
KW - unmanned aerial vehicle
KW - Transform
KW - air force
KW - airpower
KW - NATO
KW - innovation
KW - weapons acquisition
KW - Afghanistan
KW - Canada
KW - Denmark
U2 - 10.1177/0020702015572765
DO - 10.1177/0020702015572765
M3 - Journal article
VL - 70
SP - 250
EP - 267
JO - International Journal
JF - International Journal
SN - 0020-7020
IS - 2
ER -
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